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Saturday 17th August, arrived at the Lake just gone six
(First ever visit), set up one rod for pop up and one for
floating dog biscuit. Had two on
top 4 & 7 pound common and lost one at the net. Nothing at all from the bottom baits Very weedy
Jon
Deeney |
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19/8/02
Bicknacre
Just to report the capture of a 24lb 8oz Common Carp from Bicknacre
last night. Fish was in great condition and fought tremendously
in the
shallows. After initial strong runs the fish
bedded itself in weed bed and sulked. Came out again after I
slacked off the line and the fish banked itself
in shallows. Special thanks to Rob Piper for
netting, weighing and photographing the fish (I had no weigh
scales and no camera!). The Fish was
taken at 8.25 from the Beach swim along with
3 other commons up to 10lb.
Ross Chaplin |
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24/1/02
Bicknacre
I was called over to Bicknacre on Thursday
afternoon (24/1/02) as a member had caught a 26lbs 8 oz common
carp, and was totally alone on the water. He had already taken
carp of 6lbs, 10lbs, another of 6lbs before the big one. Taken
on fish meal boilie on a pva stringer(is that right!), the fish
was in good condition, and I don't know if it is the 28-pounder
or the 25-pounder with weight off or on. Although it was quite
a wild day, the water temp had risen over the previous days,
and fish large and small were showing everywhere, but with only
the one member to catch them. His name is David Redgewick, from
Romford, who has also taken 3 x 20's from Bradwell this season
plus good days at Barleylands.
Derek Howard |
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21st October
01
kings's court
I have only just become a member of
BDAC along with my brother so not knowing where to fish first
we set off for kings's court, as it was the nearest to where
we live. We hardly had any fish only rudd up until lunch time,
but then it all kicked off! My brother and I caught small crucian/carp,
Tench and rudd for a total weight of 12 lb, but another member
had crucian/carp and tench for 32lb averaging 1-3lb, fishing
close in to the margins using home made paste over pellets and
hemp. A total combined weight of 44lb for 5 hours fishing. We
all thoroughly enjoyed our day and the lake was in lovely condition.
Mr S Beresford |
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Saturday
16 August
Little Easton Fisheries Rectory
Pond
Fished little Easton on Saturday 16 August. Had a great day taking
2 Mirror 4lb and 6lb), 4 commons (2lb, 2.5lb, 3lb, 5lb), loads
of little crucian and roach with a few skimmers, I was float
fishing worm and pellet over a bed of hemp and very fine pellet.
The only problems
I had was:
(1)
when I changed to the pole fishing double red maggot as I was
shipping out a duck decided he wanted my maggots and ended
up snapping my rig.
(2) being
that two fellow members opposite were fishing on the surface
with crust and using method feeder, what is wrong with these
people can they not read the rules books, its for the good
of the club and the wildlife that these rules are obeyed
Simon |
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Little Easton Fisheries
Laundry Lake
22 October 2002
My son Tom fished the junior match at Parsonage
and had caught many small Roach but wanted to drop in to Laundry to round
off the Day and land some fighting fish. We have fished the left
bank deep end near the pump believing that we catch less fish but
better quality. Strawberry Boilies and halibut pellets have taken
Fish in the 11 - 15lb bracket quite regularly, particularly as
afternoon turns to evening. This day proved equally true. Tom landed
a Common of 11.5lbs. Tom's Common is quite distinctive, as one
section is pale and the remaining colouring darker. The same fish
has been caught by Tom before and has since been caught by
myself some 4 weeks later - it has been feeding up for winter as
it now weighs over 12lb. We have kept a spreadsheet of our catch
from laundry and our average fish in 2001 was just over 10lbs but
it is now averaging over 11lbs in 2002. see photo of Tom and the "Laundry
Regular" attached. We have enjoyed our sessions at Laundry
as they build our confidence with catches ranging from 2 -
8 doubles each visit. With confidence boosted we then go
back to Barleylands and Bradwell village which are much harder
waters.
Terry White |
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26 October
Laundry Lake
This carp was caught at Laundry Lake on Friday
26 October on pellet. It was fin perfect and had no sign
in its mouth of being recently hooked. It weighed 18 lbs
4 oz which I believe is the biggest to come out of Laundry so
far.
Norman Bithell |
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Rectory Farm Brdwell
16/3/02 16lb 2oz caught from the wooden landing stage on 14mm yellow
opal popup
D Kneller |
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20/1/02
Rectory Pond
Went to Rectory Pond, Bradwell
on Sunday for pike. Did catch, but only small. Back to only 3
or 4 swims again! Although it is not as high as this time last
year. With the ground not "as" wet, hopefully the water
level will be much better than last June.
Jon Dumont |
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Fri/Sat 15th/16th
March
Started at 16.00 Fri, Finished 17.00 Sat. Fished
one of only 3 swims along the right hand side (the wooden landing
stage swim)I caught 4 Bream during the night,Steve had 2. (All
between 2-4lb,caught on salmon pellet,and the method feeder).
During Sat morning, I had 1 Pike of 4lb (on float fished spratt)
and at 10.30 a lovely 16lb Mirror(on a 14mm popped up yellow
opal boilie), mid-way across to nearest island,about 30 yds.Weather
was overcast Very,very muddy Good fishing,but I wish someone
would have told us that BDAC had an assault course as well as
fisheries. 5 days later,and my legs are still aching
Cheers!
Darren Kneller |
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1 Oct
Shalford
Last Tuesday, 1 Oct, George williams and
I had a good day at Shalford, with, between us, a good catch
of chub to about 2lb, trout to 1lb, and dace. But how the
heck did the carp get into the river? George managed to land
a mirror of about 7lbs, and I got totally smashed, not surprising
given light trotting tackle and overgrown, weedy stream!
Terry Jones |
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River
Roding Abridge
Sunday 20th January 2002
Water high fast and coloured Two swan shot on 6lb line size
8 hook with Luncheon Meat Cast to middle of river let few yards
of line out and wait for current to take bait under the bank Caught
three Chub lost two at net. Cracker at 3lb 8oz Worth a couple of
hours, but be patient!
Arthur Pelling |
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October
4th
Straits
Mill
Fished first 2 swims you come to down main path (small lake behind
us) 1 fish caught between 2 of us I caught 2lb Jack Pike on bread
No more bites what so ever on Method (Boilies and Salmon Pellets)
Very Muddy Darren |
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SUNDAY 24/02/02
STRAITS MILL
AS A NEW MEMBER I DECIDED TO HAVE MY FIRST SESSION
ON STRAITS MILL ON SUNDAY 24/02/02 THE WEATHER WAS TERRIBLE AS IT
RAINED HEAVY ALL DAY.
MID AFTERNOON I HOOKED INTO A CARP AND
LANDED IT WEIGHED IN AT 27LBS 12OZS IS THE BIGGEST FISH IN
THE LAKE. THE FISH WAS IN GOOD CONDITION EXCEPT FOR A BIG CHUNK
OUT OF ITS TAIL FIN IT WAS A MIRROR CARP SO COULD IT BE THE
BIG BLUE THUNDER FISH
JAMES GRACE |
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February
Straits
Mill
A member whom two committee members met in mid February, who
had a good!! day on the large lake at Straits Mill. He firstly
took five tench averaging 5lbs and two perch of 2lbs each, all
on single caster, then put out a pike rod, catching two at 15.5
and 19.5 lbs respectively, on half a mackerel. |
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20/08/02
Southminster
Had two good days on Southminster pit 6 with
my two sons, bagging 21 carp averaging 5 to 7lbs, biggest was 15lb
using homemade boilies, fishing far bank features and margins.
Garry
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Fri 21st Sept
(Night fishing)Pit 6 (Double swim in right
hand corner, next to Pit 8)I caught 4 Carp(Common) between 4lb-5lb
14oz Steve caught 10 Carp(7 Common 3 Mirror) between 3lb-7lbAll
fish caught on the Method, Grange boilies and Salmon pellets
Darren Kneller |
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Friday
Jan 18th
Windmill Lakes
Started fishing Field Lake (at the Windmill Lakes Complex) at 07.00,finished
at 18.00.One fish caught between two of us. 11lb 1oz Mirror on
half a Halibut Pellet,on the Helicopter Rig,very little baiting
up. Fished in first 2 swims closest to car park
Darren G. |
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Windmill
Lakes
I visited one of the newly acquired
Windmill Lakes last Monday, the 17th, presumably Swan Lake. The
one closest to the car park. Anyway, I went with my Dad and after
a brief walk round found that no one was catching at all. It
was windy and cold and despite a few brief sunny spells it stayed
like that all day including a couple of down-pours. We saw that
no one else seemed to be feeding their swims, why is that? I
had four carp to 4 1/2 pounds, my Dad had a Chub over 3 lbs and
a Bream of a similar size. At the end of the day we were repeatedly
smashed up by bigger fish too. All in all we had a decent day.
Regards Ian Challis |
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15th Feb
Field Lake
(O7.00-18.00,Sunny
all day) Fished Field Lake again2nd & 4th swims down left
hand side(from car park) Pretty cold (puddles iced over when
we got there)Steve caught 2 carp(5lb & 7lb) (Mirror&Common)
Both fish caught on the Helicopter Rig & Opal flavour, yellow
14mm Boilie cast right out into middle of lake I caught 1 common
(8lb) on a small windbeater float,2lb line and 5 maggots on size
16 hook,fished just off the bottom, 25 yards out. All fish were
caught after 3pm,and were in brilliant condition,the common carp
being almost torpedo in shape
Darren Kneller |
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Monday 11th
March
I Fished the lake nearest the car park on Monday
11th March up until lunchtime but without success. Moved
to the lower lake and caught 7 bream (to 4lbs), 3 tench (to 3lbs)
and 2 small carp (to 4lbs). All fish caught on the quiver
tip, using white maggots.
Clive Redhead |
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17th March
Swan Lake
The last two weeks of the season may prove interesting at Swan
Lake, as the larger carp are starting to be taken. Yesterday,
17th March, a regular took a 15lb, very good looking, long
fish, and several others were taken on standard carping gear.
Although only one rod is allowed, the number of larger fish
in Swan appears to attract the carp anglers in the Club. I
fished Field Lake and had over 25lbs, 3 x carp to 6lbs, 3 x
bream to 3lbs, a tench around 3lbs and a 2lb perch. All on
the waggler a long way out with single red maggot tipped with
a flouro pinkie, feeding very lightly. Several anglers on Field
were fishing as though it were July, using much too much feed,
and blanked accordingly
Derek Howard (BDAC Treasurer) |
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